Invite friends and family to attend our annual FUNdraiser!!!
VINO CLASSICO WITH A CRAFT BEER CHASER
Sat. Oct. 6,from 6:30-9 pm at Eden Prairie Community Center
Enjoy your choices from over 100 wine tasting options plus beer and spirits. Food vendors so far include: Qdoba, Tavern 4 and 5, Gina Maria's Pizza, and Byerlys.
Buy your raffle tickets to win 10, 20, or 30 bottles of wine from the Wall of Wine!
TICKETS FOR SALE NOW from MEMBERS, EP LIQUORS, and on EVENTBRITE
Keith Stout - Be the Match: Saving Lives through Cellular Therapy
The ins and outs of cellular therapy – specifically marrow or cord blood transplants – was outlined Sept. 11 by guest speaker Keith Stout, the senior director of major and planned gifts for Be the Match.
Someone is diagnosed with a blood cancer every three minutes, and only 30 percent of the time can a bone- marrow match be found in that person’s family. So Be the Match saves lives by providing patients and their families with access to the world’s largest bone marrow registry.
One of its challenges is a disparity, by race, in the likelihood of finding a match in the registry. If you are white, the likelihood of finding a match is 77 percent. But if you are black, that likelihood is just 23 percent – even though the registry has about 19 million members. This is why Be the Match is working hard to expand the registry in other parts of the world; for example, a $10 million campaign to expand the registry in Mexico is currently underway.
Be the Match recruits those ages 18 to 44 to be part of the registry, and if you are on the registry you are moved off at age 61. In addition to building and providing access to the registry, Be the Match also provides financial support to families and patients, and funds research.
Bringing the need for cancer-fighting cellular therapy close to home were club members Robb Hiller and Brad Aho, who shared their respective stories. If you would like more information, visit the Be the Match website at bethematch.org.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There is no meeting at Bearpath on Sept. 18, as we are part of a multi-club event at the Edina Country Club that features guest speaker Manny Villafana on the topic “Living Legend of Medicine.” We’re back at Bearpath on Sept. 25 with a presentation by Tom Kieffer, CEO of Virteva. It’s all hands on deck for the Oct. 6 Vino Classico fundraiser. You can help by selling tickets and providing wine and silent-auction items. Also, sign up for one of the volunteer-worker spots.
SPOTLIGHT ON DAVID FREELAND
David Freeland, who gave his vocational Sept. 11, moved to the Twin Cities from the Quad Cities area more than two years ago. He and his wife have three sons and two dogs and live in Belle Plaine, where they are involved in their church, among other things. Dave this year opened a Farmers Insurance agency on Edenvale Boulevard in Eden Prairie. He’s also a Medicare broker and an Aflac partner. Welcome to the club, Dave.
HAPPY FIVES
We’re happy and willing to donate $5 (or more) to The Rotary Foundation to prove it. Josh Swanson is happy to have opened a new school year and introduced his new assistant superintendent, Stacie Stanley. Jon Melander is happily taking credit for the Gophers’ football win last weekend, since the U of M alum spoke at the team breakfast that morning. Brad Aho is happy to celebrate another birthday after being diagnosed with cancer four years ago. Kevin Kraemer is happy to be hosting exchange student Judit and invites other club members to take her on weekend outings. Steve Cwodzinski is happy to have witnessed a naturalization ceremony and is willing to share dates for upcoming ceremonies because you will find it inspiring. Elaine Larabee is happy to have helped move a former STRIVE student of hers to St. Olaf College for the teen’s freshman year. Roger Jorgensen is taking credit for the Packers’ recent come-from-behind win because he hoteled near Lambeau Field while at a recent high school reunion. Robb Hiller is happy to report that a recent Mayo Clinic check-up indicated he is cancer-free. Greg Albrecht is happy to have won $5 from his dad during a State Fair visit in which they competed to see who would first see someone they know (Greg spotted Elaine Larabee). Frank Sherwood is happy to celebrate a 39 th wedding anniversary.
